Neat gift today

[kings6]

I went to a friends house today to pick up some old wooden toys for my grandson and when I arrived my friend told me had had one more thing for me to take. He then handed me this 1908 Sears Catalog which is in GREAT shape for its age! He thought I would enjoy seeing the old firearms ads in the catalog and boy did I ever. The price of the catalog was $6.95 if you bought it in 1908! That equates to over $196 in today's world. Lots of ads for the Aubrey guns but there was also ads for Marlins, Colts, Greeners and a few other names you would recognize. This catalog had everything a person could ask for including the proverbial kitchen sink.

[leadhound]

The catalog was free in 1908 if you requested it, this is a reprinted replica that's where the price came from. Still very cool, I have a Miniature one somewhere, about the size of a paperback novel. The prices would always amaze me and just the variety of stuff is almost bewildering.

[Rimfire69]

Wow, that’s nice. Those guns sure were expensive when you only made a couple $ a month, interesting to read.

[bula]

Maybe more of a history book, at this date, my thought !

[sixshot]

Great find Robb, I'll bet you would have went crazy with a $100 bill old buddy!

Dick

[bushog]

Very cool!

That New Service had a 7 1/2"barrel in .45 Colt...BOOM!

Interestig too that the add indicates interchangeable parts for that gun so you could fix it yourself.

[kings6]

Elsewhere in the catalog they talk about only listing some repair parts but that they have a much larger selection in the warehouse, just not room for everything in the catalog.

[bushog]

Kinda like if Brownell's sold washing machines!